NOCCO Red Berries

August 15th, 2020

I first discovered NOCCO at a 7Eleven whilst on holiday in Sweden. Being Sweden, it was a very expensive purchase. Then, a few days later I found myself in Norway and discovered NOCCO was even more expensive there! Anyway… I saw NOCCO being sold in Morrisons in the UK and it was considerably cheaper. This red berries flavour was quite bitter, but not as unpleasant as I had expected. After a few sips I had accustomed myself to the bitterness and started to enjoy it. An interesting line of drinks if you can find them. Oh yes, and they have a lot of caffeine in them.

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(3.7/5)
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Caffeine: 55mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 4kCal/100ml
Size: 330ml
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Ka Reload Black Cherry

August 8th, 2020

It’s ok I suppose! Basically, it’s a cherry Lucozade rip-off. To be fair, it’s not far off in flavour, it’s just missing that typical Lucozadeness (??) that I’d describe as the almost trademark way it feels when it fizzes in your mouth. It think Lucozade must have patented a special bubble shape or something for that because no other fizzy drink feels the same. Back to Ka Reload… yeah, it’s drinkable but not very refreshing or caffeinated.

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(2.4/5)
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Caffeine: 0.1mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 38kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
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Ka Reload Mango

August 1st, 2020

I guess it’s like the Ford of sports drinks world??? Geddit? No? Oh well. It’s fake tropical Lucozade. Not much in the way of caffeine but also not as packed full of sugar.

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(1.7/5)
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Caffeine: 0.1mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 38kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
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Grenade Energy

July 25th, 2020

New energy drinks are a rare discovery at the moment, but gym-bunny nutrition brand Grenade have been pushing out new products left, right and centre. One of those is fortunately for me an energy drink. There’s no description on the can to describe what the flavour might be, but my taste buds are telling me that this is a grape soda drink. It’s low(ish) in calories, and contains the on-trend BCAA protein mix you’d expect from this brand too. It tasted pretty good and gave me the required (quite high!) caffeine kick that I craved.

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(3.5/5)
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Caffeine: 47mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 13kCal/100ml
Size: 330ml
Sold By: Morrisons
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Sunsoul Passion Fruit

July 18th, 2020

It looks like Sunsoul are taking a different approach with their branding now. Gone from the can design is the random ‘#’ of the variety, this flavour is just a name. the can design also has a lot more colour with a bright pink top half instead of the all-white minimalistic design on the other flavours. The flavour is quite sharp and obviously on the tropical side. I found it quite sickly even though it’s not too overloaded with sugar.

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(2.4/5)
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Caffeine: 26mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 31.6kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
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Oshee Vitamin Energy: Vitamin D+K

July 11th, 2020

Very tasty but sadly hardly any caffeine that I could tell. It contains guarana extract but that doesn’t appear to give the drink enough caffeine to warrant a high caffeine warning. The mint flavour is very subtle and works well with the fruity lemon-lime.

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(3.2/5)
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Caffeine: 8mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 44kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
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Oshee Vitamin Water

July 4th, 2020

Three ingredients… just three. It needed a lot more! Still water with just caffeine and vitamins in sounds like it should be perfectly refreshing, however in reality it tastes like plastic. Not the sort of taste you get if you leave water in a plastic bottle, but the actual taste of liquid plastic. Really not pleasant at all and I could only drink a very small amount, it was bad tasting to the extreme!

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(2.7/5)
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Caffeine: 22mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 0kCal/100ml
Size: 555ml
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Radnor Energy: Lemon and Lime

June 27th, 2020

Amazing! So refreshing and with a decent hit of caffeine (even if they do call it Coffeine – Caffeine anhydrous from coffee bean. It’s lightly carbonated and fresh and fruity.

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(3.4/5)
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Caffeine: 14mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 1kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
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Radnor Energy: Cranberry and Raspberry

June 20th, 2020

I’m not a fan of cranberry usually, I find it quite bitter. But, this cranberry and raspberry drink is very moreish. It’s lightly carbonated fruity water with a splattering of caffeine. Actually, it’s not caffeine, it’s Coffeine (Caffeine anhydrous from coffee bean) – with a big trademark symbol after it. This is certainly an interesting take on fancy bottled water, but if you want the best flavour then go for the Lemon and Lime one.

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(3.1/5)
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Caffeine: 14mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 1kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
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